kĩgongona

n. · class 7/8

sacrifice, offering. Sacrifice, offering. An animal or item presented to God or a deity in worship or religious ritual.

Example: Ti magongona maku ngũkũrũithĩria; (Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you,); No ngũrutĩre magongona ma gũcokia ngatho, (I will offer a sacrifice of praise); Nĩguo ngĩkinye kĩgongona-inĩ kĩa Ngai, (That I may come to the altar of God,); Nake Musa agĩaka kĩgongona, agĩgĩĩta Jehova-nisi, (Moses built an altar there, which he named Yahweh-nissi; Yahweh-nissi : meaning, “the Lord is my banner.”)

Related words

kĩgongona / kĩgongoona — place of offering; altar; 2. place where village sacrificial ritual performed; 3
gongona — to sacrifice; offer ritual gifts or animals to ancestral spirits or Ngai, tradit